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pedestal E, the adjacent faces of the castings or coupling-pieces beingformed to t closely upon one another, the castings being also formedwith flanges c3 and c* to receive bolts c and c, respectively, by whichthe castings are firmly secured together, so that the cooler orcondenser may be made up of as many pipes as may be desired and so thatif any two pipes or sets of pipes are removed the pipes or sets of pipesabove and below those removed can be firmly secured together. It will beunderstood that each inner pipe commnnicates at one end with the innerpipe be low it and at the other end with the inner pipe above it,whileeach outer pipe communiestes at one end with the outer pipo below it andat lthe othe: ond with the outer pipe above it. For the purpose ofestablishing communication between two adjacent outer pipes each of thecastings or coupling-pieces C is provided with a radial opening er mouthc?, and the chambers of the corresponding castings or coupling-pieces'are carried to the meeting faces of the two castings, so that the mouthsof the two chambers shall register when the two caatingsare assembledsclearly sho-:rn in 4 and 5, a packing ci being-interposed between themeeting edges, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, to insure a tight jointwhen the bolts c are set up. Itis obvious that the upperandlowercastings or couplingpieces of each pair may be precisely alike, theone being inverted with respect to the other. For the purpose ofconnecting adjaf cent inner pipesa returmbend D is provided having ateach end a seat d for the end of the corresponding pipe A. Thisreturn-bend is held firmly against the ends of the pipe to form a tightjoint by link-bolts F, which'may be pivoted upon the bolts c, andreceive at their outer ends thumb-nnte f to engage slotted lugs d' onopposite sides of the elbow. The upper and lower pipes A of the cooler'are provided, respectively, with a coupling G for connection with thepipes which deliver to the cooler the liquid to oc-cooled and conductaway the' cool liquid. Such couplings may be held to the ends of thepipes A by substantially-the same moans as the returnbend D, asrepresented in Fig. 6. The npperniost coupling-piece C is preferablyforme-d with a lateral connection for 'the pipe which delivers thecooling medium, and the lowerniost coupling-piece C may also be provided`with a lateral connection H' -for the pipe which conduct-s away thecooling medium.

Should it be desired at any time to clean with a brush the interiors ofthe inner pipes A, the returnbend l) can be removed readily to permitthe introduction of the brush by loosening the thuznhmutsfanddisengaging the bolts F. lf the removal of any pipe becomes necessary atany time, the removal of such pipe, together with the one above it orthe one below it, as the case may be, can be accomplished readily byremoving the bolts c5 above and below the pair of pipes at one' Whenthe` It will pipes have been removed, as described, the pipes above andbelow those removed are con nected, as will be readily understood.

It will be evident that various changes in form and relative arrangementof the parte of the improved cooler or condenser may beY made, theinvention not being restricted to the precise form and relativearrangement shown and described herein.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cooler or condenser, aseries of sets ofpipes, cach set comprising an inner and au outer pipe, a coupling -pieceat one end of each set of pipes, adapted to receive and support thepipes, having a radial opening or mouth, incommunicatiou-with theouterpipo and having its opposite faces formed for contact with the nextadjacent coupling-pieces, each of the conpling-pieces being arrangedwith its radial opening or mouth in communication with the radialopening or 'month of an adjacentcoupiingpieceand with its face oppositethe radial opening or mouth in contact with the` corresponding 'face ofan ad jacent coupling piece, means for detach ably securing each of thecoupling-pieces to oneof the adjacent coupling-pieces and independentmeans for securing each ofthe con-piing-pieces to the other of theadjacent coup iingpieces, whereby each of tliecouplingl pieces may beremoved without affecting the other coupling-pieces; substantiallyasdescribed. Y

2. In a c'ooler or condenser, a series of sets of pipes, each setcomprising an inuerand outer pipe, a coupling-piece at each end of eachset of pipes, adapted to receive and support the pipes, having a radialopening or vmouth in communication with the outer pipe and having itsopposite faces formed for contact with the next adjacentcoupling-pieces,

flanges formed on the coupling-piece about.

the radial opening or mouth and flanges formed about the face oppositethe radial opening or mouth, means for securing the flanges about theradial opening or mouth l of one coupling-piece to the correspondingdanges of an adjacent coupling-piece, and independent means for securingthe anges formed about theA face opposite th'e radial openingor mouth tothe corresponding flanges of an adjacent coupling-piece, wherebya singiecoupling-piece may be removed without aectin g the coupling-pieces ofthe other sets of the pipes; substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 20th day' ofl J nly, A. D.i900.

JOSEPH emissions.

In presence ofl" A A. N. Jsssssa, l W. B.'G`snELEY.

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